NGC 7095
NGC 7095
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBc
120 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
95k ly
across
11.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 120 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 7095 as it looked roughly 120 million years ago. The photons left before that much of history had passed, and are only now reaching us. This distance is estimated from the galaxy's redshift, so the lookback time is approximate.
Nearest galaxies
NGC 6920Lenticular7.2 million ly
apartIC 5026Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 6438Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 7098Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 2573BIrregular16 million ly
apartPolarissima AustralisSpiral17 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 5026Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 6438Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 7098Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 2573BIrregular16 million ly
apartPolarissima AustralisSpiral17 million ly
apart
Source: structural data (position, morphology, brightness, redshift) from OpenNGC (CC BY-SA). Distance computed by gravityfinder from redshift via Hubble's law (H0 = 70 km/s/Mpc).